9 Out Of 10 Children Are Out Of School Worldwide. What Now?

Publisher:
NPR
Published
Topic(s):
Humanitarian Sectors - Education
Distance Education
English

Right now students are out of school in 185 countries. According to UNESCO, that's roughly 9 out of 10 schoolchildren worldwide. The world has never seen a school shutdown on this scale. And not since Great Britain during World War II has such a long-term, widespread emptying of classrooms come to a rich country.